Sunday, August 8

It's JazzFest weekend in Old Town Lansing. I got together with my friends, Lynne and Beth, having dinner, catching up, and enjoying the magic of Jazz. It's Lansing JazzFest's 16th year. This two-day FREE music festival brings national, regional, and local acts to an audience of roughly 15,000 people from across Michigan and nearby states.

We had a light dinner, Beth cooked up a nice pot of Zarzuela -- a Catalan stew-like seafood soup with fish and crustaceans, that resembles the French bouillabaisse and the Italian cioppino. The soup is light and delicious. we had ciabatta bread to go with the dish, along with olive antipasto.

Boston - Check out Oriental Mart in East Lansing (2800 E Grand River, across the street from Hobby Lobby). Besides frozen selection, they have fresh seafood from Thur. - Sun.: live blue crabs, tilapia, red snapper, bass, mackeral, blue runner, head-on shrimp, clams, snails.. each week is different - depends on suppliers. Call (517) 337-2519 to find out what they have for the week.